Jemima Puddle-Duck Waddles to Washington

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Mr. Fox, when did you first become interested in broadcast "news"?

Jemima talking to Fox + raining like mad = the Rally to Restore Sanity on Oct. 30, sponsored by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. What? Well, it's no more nonsensical than many things on television (& radio). Above is Jon Stewart explaining the what-for. The rally will raise money to help restore the National Mall. It's a mess & funds have been denied (sigh) by...oh, it's too idiotic to say more. Here is a link to Trust for the National Mall.

Very happy about the Chilean miner rescue of course. I watched far too much on-line. But if I hear one more time that it's a miracle with (very few people) asking why this miracle (of human ingenuity amongst other things) was necessary in the first place, I shall scream. People being exploited to mine in dangerous places with terrible safety records, etc. I did grow up in mining areas of the States, so I know something about it. But if I scream I would be behaving like foxes & their friends.

PS - If you are in New York (you socialists!) & need a ride to DC, The Huffington Post is sponsoring some buses. I have no inside knowledge about how many, etc. Follow the links & sign up. Update - hilarious music parody of President Obama defending himself as the Very Model of a Modern U.S. President. I'd embed it but my laptop will blow up 'cause there's too much html code goin' on. It's very funny & now I am humming G&S song (as warned).

Update - Oh fer Pete's sake. I've rec'd email asking if I'm making fun of people attending rally, ducks, chubby people. Etc. No. No. No. I'm going to it. I like alliteration. That's all. Oy.

(illustration via here)

The Real Dream/The Current Nightmare

I thought I'd be able to stand watching this but it's beyond anything I can possibly explain. I'm about to crack another tooth. It's like being in the middle of Being There & Network. Toss in Dr. Strangelovian bizarreness. Where are the new Paddy Chayefskys? Glenn Beck is now having a predictable meltdown & boohooing as the invited speakers (those he invited) spray blessings over him. He is being compared to Jesus, among great personages. He (Beck) is being called The Great One. (Jackie Gleason?) Oh, yeah, & toss in Elmer Gantry.

Also, as this nonsense is being held in the honor of veterans...as the sister of a veteran of Afghanistan, regular visitor to Walter Reed Medical Center, & the friend of many Vietnam veterans...I object to this cynical use of our veterans & their vulnerable families.

I am not being a reactionary. I'm reacting to a real threat. Ignore people like this at your own peril., in every country. Freedom of speech is here in my apartment, too. Below is a quote from Totally Mad, Man.

"...History demonstrates what a mistake it can be to treat a crazy fringe as merely that—particularly one with unfettered access to its audience and little sense of responsibility to distinguish between truth and fiction.

How else do you explain the fact that presently, according to a Research 2000 survey, nearly 60 percent of Republicans questioned were unsure if Barack Obama..".read the rest, here. And then weep.